Battery.



PATENTED-JUNE 16, 1908.- A. T. VIGNERON.

BATTERY. APPLICATION FILED JAN.16,1907.

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Appiicati-sn flied January 16, S907. Berial No. 352,628.

To 1133 @nimm may concern:

like it mm m that i, Ammuher-meme, aiuizcen vi the Zirsiaed Siaiee, resiiiing at the vii-y ni' Providence in ihe cmn'my of Prove deuce and Aime m iiiamie island, have in- I L- :ixaiu new and useful Improve- A e, 0'!" which the ioilowing is are being imd therein to ewinpg.

(:trie batteries *2 (in ect '60 pmvide a simple and e i. huider so constructed be removed and. replaced i) pm :erly eonnecized up i i1 without the posse mistake made.

em in" im entien I provide a i the-battery ceiie the; deutricai conductors perwithin the Waiis sf said sails are pieced in li'n Ibbe spenr ee'il g f e ceiie.

alture the ventien ie that y efembiy sense-Jaded with the Sf!) ene and and. the k an W Mimic-are: 'eguishing mark at eit 'm. file positive and 3) .im meept el being "5i SP 11i w I .re can positively be m eke pied 450 to flee him-b:

. *ehe real end in we one 111 Wiiii 1011 and the POSI- ti'veiy avaiding the possibility 01 making mistakes.

This invention is fuily ffiliil the specification and more pnrbieuiei'iy pointeki nut ii the appended cian'ne.

In the accempanying drawings: 1'

ish0ws a casing 01' xecepteeie with permaneni Wire :wnneetxons its ends, said.

om when the lid of chased. Fig. 3--is a detail she one of the eeils reriievei vFig, 4---ie a msdifiea time skewing but iiie positive and negative of the eeL on the same and and com mats and 15 in the lid vy which these eelis may be ser eant/ed, nil one (221 i, iii-desired. I

Referring 0 dzewinw e6: 3 the 01' reeepmme me e in any convenient form and. 0f may material. It is shown as having four aside and a top panic: 3 which top isypreiembiy made in the 503m of e swinging lid hi ,ged et e to the body 01 Permenent wire terminals 5 am i e made to this casing at each and. m'flfl which the conductm's are he easing may also be upi m geiui 'ty eff eompertments,

desired, by means the pm'tltinns 8- inm which eompertmeujte may be impped the individual eelis;

At 9 is a permanent meteiiic connecting wire secured be the side of the box and lending down along the bottom'ef the same from the terminei'S up at 1.0 t0 make eeontect to the pusiti've end of the first ceii 11. Permanently located in the lid at 12 is 9, connection between the negative eiru'i of ceii 11 a0 posl pernmnent con- J'e end of cell 13 neat-i019 14 is heated in the bet/{T0111 of ihe receptecie connect-inn the oppnsite ends of ceiis 1'3 and i4, Swil enefil'ler connection 15 in the iid connects eells 14 and 16. The lower of? this cell 16 being fihen connected ahreugh the armament wire 17 to the tem1inei point 6 ied slimy through izhe conductor The above armament connecting members max," be ma e in the iorm 0f eprisge, if desiremi permanently mazmeeted ue casmg 1s walla, e 505130111 pcrtion 2' Irom which point ihe current is I have shown this rece tacle as being made in the form of a box divided up into compar-te ments but-I do not confine myself to this conv struction as any form of receptacle may be used, as for instance, one having simply a top and bottom portion permanently wired as shown between which ortions the cells may be placed and the who e secured or locked in side andhaving a portion of the negative pole exposed at oneend and a portion of the positive ole exposed at its opposite end.

position by suitable means. .The individual cells are the dry battery type insu ated on their out- A s ecial eature of my invention ls that upon eac end of these cells is laced a distinguishing mark to correspon with alike mark made on the receptacle or casing such for instance as the positive end of the cells being marked in red while the negative end is marked in black. .Thecompartments in the -,receptacle are likewise deslgnated so that when red comes to red and black to black the proper connection is sure to be made. I do not confine myself'tdthe marking of these cells' in colors as any distinguishing mark placed on one or both ends of the cell and the 1 receptacle will accomplish this purpose and come thespiritand scope of my invention. I

In thefioperatipnoi the device when it is foundtfitat-the batteries are growin weak ,and-itisfiB lQdto renew thesame the permanent wireconnectionaat 6 and 7 need not be disturbed, 1t, simply being necessary to unlock the box by swinging back the hooks fronaflthe' pins 19- 19 and opening J the-lid to theftposition shown in Fig. 1, the

a connection through the Battery thus being removed and replaced by fresh ones, it being int broken, [Anynumber of these cells may be necessary to seejthat the red and black correspond with like colors marked oll "the compartments of the casing. The lid is then closedand locked and the complete 0011- .lne'ction throughthebattery is thus readily referably made of see -127- made and the whole is ready for use again. I A child of ordinary intelligence could make this change and do it correctly and in buta few minutes of time, as by this construction and simplicity of arrangement there is no.

possibility of a mistake being made.

. The device is extremely simple and pine} tical in construction and ei'licient'in its operation and by its use much time, labor and annoyanceis saved to' one unskilled-in the use and operation of electric batteries.

I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

Having thus described my invention, what v so l. A battery cell comprising a casing having two contact poles the connecting surface of each of said poles being located in a re.-

ces'sed portion formed in the casing of said;- cell whereby corresponding projections are} required to enter said recesses to contact '75 ectric battery comprisingv acasing,

a lurality of battery cells in said casing both 1 oi the contact poles of each cell being located in recesses formed in the casings thereof, and

electric conductors locatedin the battery with said poles to complete the circuit, and means on the battery casin for indicating the proper position of the cells within the casing.

a In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 'ADOLPH T. VIGNERQN; Witnesses:

HowAnn E. BnRLow, E. I. OGDEN.

jab casing comprising projections adapted to protrude into the said recesses to contact and said cells 

